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HR 4470 115th Congress House

Reducing Long-Term Unemployment Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a payroll tax exemption for hiring long-term unemployed individuals.

Introduced: November 28, 2017 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee hiringEmployment taxesIncome tax exclusionRailroads
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 28, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1607-1608)
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reducing Long-Term Unemployment Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until December 31, 2018, the suspension of employment and railroad retirement taxes for employers who hire unemployed individuals.  The aggregate reduction in taxes from such suspension is limited to $5,000 per employee.

The bill modifies the unemployment requirement to require a signed affidavit from the unemployed individual that, during the entire 27-week period ending on the hiring date, such individual: (1) was receiving federal or state unemployment compensation, or (2) was unemployed and would have received unemployment compensation except for having exhausted the right to receive such compensation during such period.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4470: Reducing Long-Term Unemployment Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4470/
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"H.R. 4470: Reducing Long-Term Unemployment Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4470/.
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